Where's Jesse?

it's really overrated

Yes, Valentine's Day is so overrated. It is just another excuse for Americans to go out and spend billions of dollars on crap. Plastic hearts, candy, flowers. You shouldn't have one day where your love for someone is greater than any other day. I did stop and get Karl a flower this morning. A tulip, since those are his favorite.

I rearranged my desk this morning. This is a ritual for me to do at least once a month, sometimes once a week. I can't stand monotony. Variety is the spice of life. I just have to find a place to put my fish tank now. It really is the neatest thing, you can check it out here - Fish tank.

posted by Ian @ 10:40 AM 0 comments

big old bust

The convertible, it was a huge bust. We ended up driving close to 650 miles on Sunday to discover that the damn car had paint work. When we confronted the dealership they were completely puzzled. Total bullshit. How can a dealership that specializes in imports not know that this car had paint work? But as Karl said, it was better that we made the mistake of spending $100 on gas and tolls, rather than close to $10k on the car. The saying too good to be true is starting to become the highlight or our lives.

In response to the total nonsense of an out of state dealer who lies through their teeth, Karl talked to one of the wholesalers that works through our dealership. He is going to keep his eyes open for exactly what we want. It is nice to have the piece of mind that you can trust someone.

Other more important things include the gym. It's unbelievable. I hated it the first couple of days, but we are slowly and surely making progress. Luckily we have a friend who works with us and is totally ripped. He has been going to the gym for years and I really trust his judgement in terms of getting a good workout. So we will see what happens over the next couple of months. I can't wait to have a body that doesn't have to be covered because it is so stomach turning.

posted by Ian @ 12:07 PM 0 comments

wondering

I often wonder what other people think of Karl and myself. We have had 10 new Subarus in the past 3 years. We have bought a house that we have done a lot of work with. I have no intention of blabbing about how well of we are, but it's true. If I recall correctly, people refer to gays as D.I.N.O.'s. Double Income, No Kids. I guess that is one of the joys of not having children. We have 2 cats and that is plenty. If we work hard for our money, I certainly don't see what the problem is in spending it. So without further ado...something Karl has wanted for years...a 1999 SAAB 93 SE covertible. Black with beige leather. Yeah, it's used, but well worth the money. We are driving to Massaschusetts on Sunday to pick her up.

posted by Ian @ 9:59 AM 0 comments